2026-01-06

## Quick Start Questions **Energy & Focus** - [ ] Energy level: Low / Medium / High / Variable - [ ] LOW/MEDIUM (should have gone to bed earlier) - What's your primary focus today? - finishing off the paper after looking at enrico's comments - Most likely blocker or distraction? - tiredness, setting up claude code some more - i am actually tempted to spend a good portion of the day working on setting up claude code and obsidian some more and focussing on the paper tomorrow onwards. it will depend on how far i get though **Priorities** - Top 3 things that matter today: 1. the aesthetics paper (google drive version) 2. cleaning clothes and the house 3.get cc and obsidian in tip top shape **Curiosity** - What question or idea is pulling at you right now? - what else can i do with claude code? **Random Prompts** - What's the strongest objection to treating LLM outputs as aesthetically appreciable? - LLM text looks like human text - Which philosophical commitment is doing the most work in your current thinking? - knowledge as a basis for aesthetic appreciation - If you had to explain your main project to someone in a completely different field, what's the one thing they'd find strange? - that i am talking about LLMs at all. --- ## Input Section --- ## Daily Report & Context ### System Updates **Created from yesterday (2026-01-05):** No processing summary available yet. This is the first day using the new daily note system. ### Calendar & Tasks **Today's Schedule:**  **Due Today:** ```todoist name: Today filter: "Today | Overdue" ``` ### Environmental Context **Weather:** Milan, Italy: Overcast -1°C ↘4km/h **Date:** Tuesday, January 06, 2026 (Week 02) ### Vault Activity **Recently modified notes:** - [templates/daily note.md](templates/daily%20note.md) - Jan 6, 00:56 - [Web Clippings/ArtemXTech - Overview.md](Web%20Clippings/ArtemXTech%20-%20Overview.md) - Jan 5, 23:52 - [Readwise/Articles/We're Not Getting Dumber.md](Readwise/Articles/We're%20Not%20Getting%20Dumber.md) - Jan 5, 19:26 - [Readwise/Articles/Why we love Jane Austen more than ever after 250 years.md](Readwise/Articles/Why%20we%20love%20Jane%20Austen%20more%20than%20ever%20after%20250%20years.md) - Jan 5, 19:26 **Active longform projects:** - Generative Aesthetics of AI - Main manuscript in progress **Research areas (MOCs):** - [[AI Aesthetics MOC]] - [[Teaching MOC]] - [[Publications MOC]] - [[Philosophy of Technology MOC]] ### Stats **This week:** - Notes created: Tracking begins today - Most active tags: #dailynote (starting today) - Most linked notes: Will be tracked from today forward --- *Daily note generated by daily-note-create skill on 2026-01-06*